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SlijkermanKalanchoë

Heerhugowaard, North Holland, Netherlands • 8 Employees
Farming

Founder Cor Slijkerman started in 1946 with the cultivation of vegetable crops. Later, when the first greenhouses appeared, he started growing gerberas and pot chrysanthemums. When his son Johan Slijkerman (2nd generation) took over the company, a switch to the growth of Kalanchoe wasmade and in 2001 he started breeding his own varieties. Nowadays, Stefan Slijkerman (3rd generation) takes the daily lead of the international operating organization.Our team of qualified staff is working on new innovative Kalanchoe varieties, using modern techniques every day. Time and again we pioneer in creating new colors, new cultivation methods and a better shelf life. We have varieties available for different pot sizes and climate circumstances, providing growers worldwide a distinctive assortment.We have over 30 years of experience in selection and cultivation of Kalanchoe cuttings. We produce our cuttings at several production sites all across the world, with respect to people and planet. This provides our customers a good start of the growth with fresh quality cuttings at anyplace, anytime.We produce finished Kalanchoe plants in a highly automated greenhouse of 45.000 m2 in Heerhugowaard, the Netherlands. We do this in a sustainable way, for which we make use of i.e. biological crop protection. As a result, we are MPS-Florimark Production certified. Our production facility gives growers the opportunity to experience our varieties in a practical environment.